Council Regulation (EC) No 305/2006 of  21 February 2006  imposing specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri
Date: 2006-02-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Lebanon, economic resources, economic sanctions, international sanctions, terrorism

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 305/2006

of 21 February 2006

imposing specific restrictive measures against certain persons suspected of involvement in the
assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

establishing the European
Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Articles 60, 301 and 308 thereof,

Having regard to Council Common Position 2005/888/CFSP of
12 December 2005 concerning specific restrictive measures
against certain persons suspected of involvement in the assassi-
nation of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri (1),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

On 31 October 2005, the Security Council of the United
Nations adopted Resolution 1636 (2005) noting the
conclusion of the report of the International Investigation
Commission into the 14 February 2005 terrorist
bombing in Beirut, Lebanon,
that killed 23 people,
including former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri,
and caused injury to dozens of people.

The Security Council noted with extreme concern the
Investigation Commission’s
International
conclusion
that there is converging evidence pointing at the invol-
vement of both Lebanese and Syrian officials in this
terrorist act, and acting under Chapter VII of
the
the United Nations, decided, as a step to
Charter of
assist
this crime and without
prejudice to the ultimate judicial determination of the
guilt or
to impose
any
measures against all individuals suspected of involvement
in the planning, sponsoring, organizing or perpetrating
of this terrorist act.

in the investigation of

innocence of

individual,

Common Position 2005/888/CFSP provides for imple-
in UNSCR 1636
mentation of
funds and
(2005) and,

the measures set out
in particular,

the freezing of

registered by

resources of persons

the
economic
Committee of
established by
the Security Council
paragraph 3(b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005) as suspected of
involvement in the planning, sponsoring, organising or
perpetrating of
former Lebanese
the assassination of
Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and others on 14 February
2005.

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

These measures fall within the scope of the Treaty and,
therefore, notably with a view to ensuring their uniform
application by economic operators in all Member States,
Community legislation is necessary to implement them
as far as the Community is concerned.

For reasons of expediency, the Commission should be
empowered to amend the Annexes to this Regulation,
information by the
on the basis of notification or
relevant Sanctions Committee and Member States, as
appropriate.

Member States should determine the penalties applicable
to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation. The
penalties provided for should be proportionate, effective
and dissuasive.

In order to ensure that the measures provided for in this
Regulation are effective, it should enter into force on the
day of its publication,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions
shall apply:

1.

‘Sanctions Committee’ means the Committee of the Security
Council of
the United Nations which was established
pursuant to paragraph 3(b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005);

2.

‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind,
including but not limited to:

(1) OJ L 327, 14.12.2005, p. 26.
(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(a) cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders

and other payment instruments;

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(b) deposits with financial

institutions or other entities,

balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;

(c) publicly

and privately

and debt
traded securities
including stocks and shares, certificates
warrants,

instruments,
representing
debentures and derivatives contracts;

securities,

bonds,

notes,

(d) interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing

from or generated by assets;

(e) credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or

other financial commitments;

(f)

letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;

(g) documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial

resources;

funds’ means preventing any move,

‘freezing of
transfer,
alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any
in any change in their volume,
way that would result
amount,
location, ownership, possession, character, desti-
nation or other change that would enable the funds to be
used, including portfolio management;

‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether
tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are
not funds but can be used to obtain funds, goods or services;

‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing the use of
economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any
way,
including, but not limited to, the selling, hiring or
mortgaging of them;

3.

4.

5.

6.

‘territory of the Community’ means the territories of the
Member States to which the Treaty is applicable, under the
conditions laid down in that Treaty.

Article 2

1.
All funds and economic resources belonging to, owned,
held or controlled by the natural or legal persons, entities or
bodies listed in Annex I shall be frozen.

2.
No funds or economic resources shall be made available,
directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the natural or legal
persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I.

The

participation,

3.
in
knowingly
activities the object or effect of which is, directly or indirectly,
to circumvent the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2
shall be prohibited.

intentionally,

and

Article 3

By way of derogation from Article 2,

1.
the competent
authorities of the Member States, as listed in Annex II, may
authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate,
the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or
the making available of certain funds or economic resources,
having determined that
the funds or economic resources
concerned are:

(a) necessary for basic expenses, including payments for food-
stuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment,
taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;

(b) intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional
incurred expenses associated

fees and reimbursement of
with the provision of legal services; or

(c) intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges
frozen funds or

for routine holding or maintenance of
economic resources;

provided that
the Member State concerned has notified the
Sanctions Committee of that determination and that the deter-
mination has been approved by that Committee.

The

relevant

inform the
2.
the other Member States and the
competent authorities of
Commission of any authorisation granted under paragraph 1.

authority shall

competent

Article 2(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen
3.
accounts of
interest or other earnings on those accounts
provided that any such interest or other earnings are frozen
in accordance with Article 2(1).

Article 4

the crediting of

Article 2(2) shall not prevent
the frozen
accounts by financial institutions that receive funds transferred
by third parties to the account of a listed person, entity or body,
provided that any such crediting to such accounts is also frozen
in accordance with Article 2(1). The financial institution shall
inform the competent authorities of such transactions without
delay.

Article 5

1. Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning
reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy and to the
provisions of Article 284 of
the Treaty, natural and legal
persons, entities and bodies shall:

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(a) supply immediately any information which would facilitate
compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and
amounts
to the
frozen in accordance with Article 2,
competent authorities of
listed in
Annex II where they are resident or located, and shall
transmit
through these
such information, directly or
competent authorities, to the Commission;

the Member States

(b) cooperate with the competent authorities listed in Annex II

in any verification of this information.

Any additional

2.
information directly received by the
Commission shall be made available to the competent autho-
rities of the Member State concerned.

3.
Any information provided or received in accordance with
this Article shall be used only for the purposes for which it was
provided or received. Such purposes shall be deemed to include
cooperation with any international investigation related to the
assets or financial transactions of the natural and legal persons,
bodies and entities listed in Annex I.

(b) amend Annex II on the basis of information supplied by

Member States.

2. Without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the
Member States under the Charter of the United Nations, the
Commission shall maintain all necessary contacts with the
Sanctions Committee for the purpose of the effective implemen-
tation of this Regulation.

Article 9

Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable
to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall
they are imple-
take all measures necessary to ensure that
mented. The penalties provided for must be effective, propor-
tionate and dissuasive.

Member States shall notify the Commission of
those rules
without delay after the entry into force of this Regulation and
shall notify it of any subsequent amendment to them.

Article 6

Article 10

The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to
make funds or economic resources available, carried out
in
good faith that such action is in accordance with this Regu-
lation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of
the natural or legal person, entity or body implementing it, or
its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and
economic resources were frozen as result of negligence.

Article 7

The Commission and Member States shall immediately inform
each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and
shall supply each other with any other relevant information at
their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular
information in respect of violation and enforcement problems
and judgments handed down by national courts.

Article 8

This Regulation shall apply:

(a) within the territory of

the Community,

including its

airspace;

(b) on board any aircraft or any vessel under the jurisdiction of

a Member State;

(c)

to any person inside or outside the territory of
Community who is a national of a Member State;

the

(d) to any legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or

constituted under the law of a Member State;

(e)

to any legal person, entity or body in respect of any
business done in whole or in part within the Community.

1.

The Commission shall be empowered to:

Article 11

(a) amend Annex I on the basis of determinations made by the

Sanctions Committee; and

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2006.

For the Council
The President

K. GASTINGER

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ANNEX I

List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2

(Annex to be completed after the persons and entities have been registered by the Committee established by
paragraph 3 (b) of UNSCR 1636 (2005))

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List of competent authorities referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5

ANNEX II

BELGIUM

Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën Thesaurie
Kunstlaan 30
B-1040 Brussel
Fax: (32-2) 233 74 65
E-mail: Quesfinvragen.tf@minfin.fed.be

Service Public Fédéral des Finances
Trésorerie
30 Avenue des Arts
B-1040 Bruxelles
Fax: 00 32 2 233 74 65
E-mail: Quesfinvragen.tf@minfin.fed.be

CZECH REPUBLIC

Ministerstvo financí
Finanční analytický útvar
P.O. BOX 675
Jindřišská 14
111 21 Praha 1
Tel.: +420 2 5704 4501
Fax: +420 2 5704 4502

Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí
Odbor společné zahraniční a bezpečnostní politiky EU
Loretánské nám. 5
118 00 Praha 1
Tel.: +420 2 2418 2987
Fax: +420 2 2418 4080

DENMARK

Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
Langelinie Allé 17
DK-2100 København K
Tlf. (45) 35 46 62 81
Fax (45) 35 46 62 03

Udenrigsministeriet
Asiatisk Plads 2
DK-1448 København K
Tlf. (45) 33 92 00 00
Fax (45) 32 54 05 33

Justitsministeriet
Slotholmsgade 10
DK-1216 København K
Tlf. (45) 33 92 33 40
Fax (45) 33 93 35 10

GERMANY

Concerning funds:
Deutsche Bundesbank
Servicezentrum Finanzsanktionen
Postfach
D-80281 München
Tel.: (49) 89 28 89 3800
Fax: (49) 69 709097 3800

Concerning economic resources
— for information in accordance with Art. 5:

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Referat V B 2
Scharnhorststr. 34—37
D-10115 Berlin
Tel.: 01888-615-9
Fax: 01888-615-5358
Email: BUERO-VB2@bmwi.bund.de

— for granting of exemptions in accordance with Art. 3:

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)
Frankfurter Straße 29—35
D-65760 Eschborn
Tel.: (49) 6196 908-0
Fax: (49) 6196 908-800

ESTONIA

Eesti Välisministeerium
Islandi väljak 1
15049 Tallinn
Tel.: + 372 6317 100
Faks: + 372 6317 199

Finantsinspektsioon
Sakala 4
15030 Tallinn
Tel.: + 372 6680 500
Faks: + 372 6680 501

GREECE

A. Freezing of Assets

Ministry of Economy and Finance
General Directory of Economic Policy
Address: 5 Nikis Str.
10 563 Athens — Greece
Tel.: + 30 210 3332786
Fax: + 30 210 3332810

Α. Δέσμευση κεφαλαίων

Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
Γενική Δ/νση Οικονομικής Πολιτικής
Δ/νση: Νίκης 5
10 563 Αθήνα
Τηλ.: + 30 210 3332786
Φαξ: + 30 210 3332810

B.

Import-Export restrictions

Ministry of Economy and Finance
General Directorate for Policy Planning and Management
Address: Kornarou Str. 1
10 563 Athens
Tel.: + 30 210 3286401-3
Fax: + 30 210 3286404

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Β. Περιορισμοί εισαγωγών — εξαγωγών

ITALY

Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
Γενική Δ/νση Σχεδιασμού και Διαχείρισης Πολιτικής
Δ/νση: Κορνάρου 1
Τ.Κ. 10 563 Αθήνα — Ελλάς
Τηλ.: + 30 210 3286401-3
Φαξ: + 30 210 3286404

SPAIN

Dirección General del Tesoro y Política Financiera
Subdirección General de Inspección y Control de Movimientos de
Capitales
Ministerio de Economía
Paseo del Prado, 6
E-28014 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 912 09 95 11

Dirección General de Comercio e Inversiones
Subdirección General de Inversiones Exteriores
Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo
Paseo de la Castellana, 162
E-28046 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 913 49 39 83

FRANCE

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'industrie
Direction générale du Trésor et de la politique économique
Service des affaires multilatérales et du développement
Sous-direction Politique commerciale et investissements
Service Services, Investissements et Propriété intellectuelle
139, rue de Bercy
75572 Paris Cedex 12
Tél.: (33) 1 44 87 72 85
Télécopieur: (33) 1 53 18 96 55

Ministère des affaires étrangères
Direction générale des affaires politiques et de sécurité
Service de la politique étrangère et de sécurité commune
37, Quai d'Orsay
75007 Paris
Tél.: (33) 1 43 17 45 16
Télécopieur: (33) 1 43 17 45 84

IRELAND

United Nations Section
Department of Foreign Affairs
Iveagh House
79-80 Saint Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Tel.: + 353 1 478 0822
Fax: + 353 1 408 2165

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland
Financial Markets Department
Dame Street
Dublin 2
Tel.: + 353 1 671 6666
Fax: + 353 1 679 8882

Ministero degli Affari Esteri
Piazzale della Farnesina, 1
I-00194 Roma
D.G.M.M. — Ufficio II
Tel.: (39) 06 3691 2296
Fax: (39) 06 3691 3567

Ministero dell'Economia e delle Finanze
Dipartimento del Tesoro
Comitato di Sicurezza Finanziaria
Via XX Settembre, 97
I-00187 Roma
Tel.: (39) 06 4761 3942
Fax: (39) 06 4761 3032

CYPRUS

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism
6 Andrea Araouzou
1421 Nicosia
Tel: + 357 22 86 71 00
Fax: + 357 22 31 60 71

Central Bank of Cyprus
80 Kennedy Avenue
1076 Nicosia
Tel: + 357 22 71 41 00
Fax: + 357 22 37 81 53

Ministry of Finance (Department of Customs)
M. Karaoli
1096 Nicosia
Tel: + 357 22 60 11 06
Fax: + 357 22 60 27 41/47

LATVIA

Latvijas Republikas Prokuratūra
Noziedzīgi iegūtu līdzekļu legalizācijas novēršanas dienests
Kalpaka bulvāris 6
Rīga, LV-1801
Tel.: (371) 70144431
Fax: (371) 7044804

Latvijas Republikas Ārlietu ministrija
Brīvības bulvāris 36
Rīga, LV-1395
Tel.: (371) 7016201
Fax: (371) 7828121

LITHUANIA

Saugumo politikos departamentas
Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerija
J. Tumo-Vaižganto 2
LT-01511 Vilnius
Lithuania
Tel. +370 5 236 25 16
Fax. +370 5 231 30 90

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LUXEMBOURG

Ministère des Affaires étrangères et de l’Immigration
Direction des Relations économiques internationales
5, rue Notre-Dame
L-2240 Luxembourg
Tél.: (352) 478 2346
Fax: (352) 22 20 48

Ministère des Finances
3, rue de la Congrégation
L-1352 Luxembourg
Tél.: (352) 478 2712
Fax: (352) 47 52 41

HUNGARY

Hungarian National Police Headquarters
Teve u. 4–6.
H-1139 Budapest
Hungary
Tel./fax: +36-1-443-5554

Országos Rendőrfőkapitányság
1139 Budapest, Teve u. 4–6.
Magyarország
Tel./fax: +36-1-443-5554

Ministry of Finance
József nádor tér. 2–4.
H-1051 Budapest
Hungary
Postbox: 1139 Pf.: 481
Tel.: +36-1-318-2066, +36-1-327-2100
Fax: +36-1-318-2570, +36-1-327-2749

Pénzügyminisztérium
1051 Budapest, József nádor tér. 2–4.
Magyarország
Postafiók: 1139 Pf.: 481
Tel.: +36-1-318-2066, +36-1-327-2100
Fax: +36-1-318-2570, +36-1-327-2749

MALTA

Bord ta' Sorveljanza dwar is-Sanzjonijiet
Ministeru ta' l-Affarijiet Barranin
Palazzo Parisio
Triq il-Merkanti
Valletta CMR 02
Tel.: + 356 21 24 28 53
Fax: + 356 21 25 15 20

NETHERLANDS

De Minister van Financiën
Directie Financiële Markten/Afdeling Integriteit
Postbus 20201
NL-2500 EE
Den Haag
Tel.: (31-70) 342 89 97
Fax: (31-70) 342 79 84

AUSTRIA

A. Freezing of Assets

Österreichische Nationalbank
(Austrian National Bank)
Otto-Wagner-Platz 3
A-1090 Wien
Tel. (+ 43-1) 404 20-0
Fax (+ 43-1) 404 20-7399

B.

Import-Export restrictions and all other restrictions

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
(Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour)
Abteilung C2/2 (Ausfuhrkontrolle)
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien
Tel. (+ 43-1) 711 00-0
Fax (+ 43-1) 711 00-8386

POLAND

Ministerstwo Finansów
Generalny Inspektor Informacji Finansowej (GIIF)
ul. Świętokrzyska 12
00–916 Warszawa
Poland
Tel. (+48 22) 694 59 70
Faks (+48 22) 694 54 50

PORTUGAL

Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Multilaterais
Largo do Rilvas
P-1350-179 Lisboa
Tel.: (351) 21 394 67 02
Fax: (351) 21 394 60 73

Ministério das Finanças
Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus e Relações
Internacionais
Avenida Infante D. Henrique n.o 1, C, 2.o
P-1100 Lisboa
Tel.: (351) 21 882 3390/8
Fax: (351) 21 882 3399

SLOVENIA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Prešernova 25
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: 00386 1 478 2000
Faks: 00386 1 478 2341

Ministry of the Economy
Kotnikova 5
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: 00386 1 478 3311
Faks: 00386 1 433 1031

Ministry of Defence
Kardeljeva pl. 25
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Tel.: 00386 1 471 2211
Faks: 00386 1 431 8164

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SLOVAKIA

UNITED KINGDOM

Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky
Štefanovičova 5
P.O. BOX 82
817 82 Bratislava
Tel.: 00421 2 5958 1111
Fax: 00421 2 5249 3048

FINLAND

Ulkoasiainministeriö/Utrikesministeriet
PL/PB 176
FIN-00161 Helsinki/Helsingfors
Tel (358-9) 16 00 5
Fax (358-9) 16 05 57 07

SWEDEN

Article 3:

Försäkringskassan
SV-103 51 Stockholm
Tfn +46 (0) 8 786 90 00
Fax +46 (0) 8 411 27 89

Articles 4 and 5:

Finansinspektionen
Box 6750
SV-113 85 Stockholm
Tfn +46 (0) 8 787 80 00
Fax +46 (0) 8 24 13 35

HM Treasury
Financial Systems and International Standards
1, Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ
United Kingdom
Tel. + 44 (0) 20 7270 4901
Fax + 44 (0) 20 7270 5430

Bank of England
Financial Sanctions Unit
Threadneedle Street
London EC2R 8AH
United Kingdom
Tel. + 44 (0) 20 7601 4768
Fax + 44 (0) 20 7601 4309

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General for External Relations
Directorate Common Foreign and Security Policy
(CFSP) and European Security and Defence Policy
(ESDP): Commission Coordination and Contribution
Legal and institutional matters, CFSP Joint Actions, Sanctions, Kimberley
Process
CHAR 12/163
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Tel. (32-2) 295 55 85/299 11 76
Fax (32-2) 296 75 63
E-mail: relex-sanctions@cec.eu.int